Dismissing the Messenger

Recently, I shared a great article from The Guardian that provided a great explainer of what is being meant when people say “Defund the police” (I also highly recommend this podcast episode of The Daily on it). Someone quickly responded with, “Dumbest rally cry ever.”

Today, I noticed a doctored image of the Lincoln Memorial being widely shared on social media. It claimed that Black Lives Matters protesters defaced it with spray paint. Like many internet memes, it didn’t seem right so I did ...